Sandwiches – the drunkard’s delight

It is time to drink yourself to death in order to celebrate the new year. At least that’s what we do in central Europe. Along with huge amounts of alcohol we also serve plenty of food and we blow ourselves up with firecrackers and fireworks.  We have a  saying: “as it is on New Year’s […]

Christmas Dinner

It’s the quiet week between Christmas and New Year’s, a good time to introduce you to our family traditions for the holiday season.

We have a winner!

Sorry for the sound of crickets here – we’ve been travelling this week and got a little behind in posting. Using a random number generator, earlier this week we chose a winner from the comments submitted before the deadline. Disclosure: one of Valerian’s replies was the first number that came up. He ate a szaloncukor […]

Mákos guba – Bread pudding with poppy seeds

I love desserts with poppy seeds, and I do not understand why are they popular only in Central Europe. Here poppy seeds are associated with sweets. Across our borders it is usually salty stuff, like crackers, rolls and bagels that get poppyseeds, just on top. It is time to let the world know about the […]

Letcho or Lecso

Lecsó (or letcho) is an important part of Hungarian cuisine. Summer in the village smells of people making letcho, as the gardens overflow with ripe tomatoes and peppers. Letcho is the basis for plenty of Hungarian meals, including goulash, paprikash, or porkolt. This time of year, people are starting to open the jars of letcho […]